Reign of Evil is the third in the SEAL Team 666 series and follows on Age of Blood. It starts off with the death of one of the key characters from the previous two books. You’ll be wondering whether this is a comic book bluff death or the real thing for a while. In Reign […]
Competition: Saints and Soldiers – The Void
101 Films has a dramatic World War II movie out this month. Saints and Soldiers – The Void tells the story of Sergeant Jesse Owens; an African-American soldier put in charge of an all-white tank crew with one final mission. It’s the last few days of World War II but there is still a platoon […]
Beating Retreat with Doctor Who
Beating Retreat is a military ceremony that dates back to the 16th century in England. The system was used to recall patrols to their castle and has had other names like Watch Setting. The military forces in the Commonwealth still practise Beating Retreat, well some of them do, as it’s good practise and keeps the […]
Review of “Stark’s Command”
Stark’s Command, by Jack Campbell writing as John G. Hemry, is the second book is his series following the military adventures of the titular protagonist. Consequently this is my obligatory[i] SPOILER WARNING that this review references events that occurred in the first book. If you have yet to read Stark’s War (i.e. the first book) […]
Magic on Facebook and SEALs v Monsters: Weston Ochse talks 666
Weston Ochse is a former intelligence officer and a Bram Stoker Award winning author. At the start of this month Geek Native took a look at his SEAL Team 666, enjoyed it and started to ask Weston about roleplaying games, film rights to the book and even about magic rituals on social media. Amazingly, he […]
SEAL Team 666 review
While reading Seal Team 666 I twice described the book as “US SEALs battle demons”. The first time I did so the reaction was; “sounds awful”. The second time the response was; “my kind of book!”. Now I’m using the phrase again in this review. It fits. SEAL Team 666 is the story of an […]